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Along with the economical prosperity and travel demand increases, our nation needs to continue improving and diversifying its transportation infrastructure to move growing number of people and volumes of goods through an extensive intermodal network of roadways, railways, airports and seaports. Among a number of new and existing technologies available, PRT technology deserves further research and potential applications. Given the long and capricious development process of PRT technology, it is critical to sort through the volumes of materials to extract accurate and reliable information on PRT technology. This manuscript highlights a few critical issues and concerns of PRT technology, which need to be addressed prior to any realistic application, may be implemented. It also presents a potential research approach among various alternatives so PRT technology may be evaluated in the contest of multimodal and intermodal transportation systems.

01020180

06-0881

English

19p

2006

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Figures (3) ; References (38) ; Tables (3)

Benefit cost analysis; Demand responsive transportation; Intermodal transfer; Life cycle costing; Multivariate analysis; Personal rapid transit; Risk assessment; Technological innovations; Technology assessment

Data and Information Technology; Finance; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-0881

BTRIS, TRIS, TRB

Mar 3 2006 10:30AM